Projects The bucket of ugly! A de-uglifying thread...

Chip, I got one of those call's recently too! Only it wasn't a mouse, it was a tarantula! It had run into my bookcase of car books and my wife wanted to know what to do about it. I told her to leave it alone till I got home, it was just as afraid of them as they were of it! It hadn't moved an inch when I got here (I was 30 miles away when I got the call), so I caught it in a Tupperware bowl and set it loose down in the RV storage. The panic in my wife's voice when she called was priceless though! Probably didn't help that I laughed when she told me what was wrong.....she didn't seem to see the humor in the fact she was afraid of a 5" spider 6' away from 12' feet of boa constrictor that's in our living room 24/7!

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Wow nice pics, that must be some crowd, a Brough Superior, never seen one in the flesh.

 

I got a call from my wife last week in a panic. She and one of our daughters were home in the middle of the day and heard footsteps. She locked the bedroom door, locked the bathroom door and stood in our closet with her .380 to protect our daughter until I got home (15 minute drive in 5 minutes) and cleared the house.

Our front door was unlocked (strange) but no stranger was in the house. Being a husband I believed she heard something and tried to sooth her, and discounted it as the house "settling".

Two days later a home intrusion occurred a block away. They didn't find the guy.

Take care of your ladies, fellas. Mouse, tarantula, ghost steps or home invasion, keep those girls safe!

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Hey! The T Tudor is my heap. Thanks for the compliment.

This show is always a good time. There is always something there that I have not seen before.

Thanks Chip, for posting the pics.

 

I promised a few more!

 

And a bit more...

 

Killer pics! That '49 and the Ferrari are to die for!

My '27 T Roadster build: www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t= 734383

 

Last bit...

 

Wow! That looks like a GREAT gathering.

 

Mike, your car jumped out at me as well - extremely cool ride! I never really thought much about it before but I think I may like the tall T sedans better than the '32-'34s that I normally drool over.

Steve

 

Mike's car is easily one of my top five favorites around town right now! I LOVE full fendered tall "T"s, and always have. The second his came home and got it's Americans and cheater slicks I knew he had hit a home run!

 

Aw...shucks.

You just don't see many stock bodied, full fendered Model T hot rods these days, even though they're just plain bitchin'.

My favorite machine at the show was the black '23 T Four Door that just recently hit the road. Very tasty.

 

Is the gold t Tudor the one that the previous owner now has a banger powered A coupe?

Super cool Tudor man, sits just right!

And just to help you guys feel a little warmer in your roadsters in February I just took this photo for ya



What's cooler than cool? Ice cold! Haha


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Thanks for the sunny view. You AZ. guys sure have some TASTY stuff! Great early Fords, mean lookn' orange Falcon (gotta love orange) ,Ace,Brough , and do I spy a Vincent? Oh well back to reality ; we just got about 5" of slush and ice...dream on!

 

Man 5 inches of slush sounds awesome about now lol



The black is the street in front of our house! We had zero snow 24 hours ago :S


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Yes it is! The previous owner was Mata aka Mata concepts.

 

Rad, I remember seeing that he got the tudor and did a wheel change that totally changed the look of the car if I recall correctly.

Crazy what a set of rollers will do to/for a car!


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Wheel and tire change plus an el cheapo backyard gold spray job. Home done white vinyl interior done later.

Mata's version was cool, but this is the look that I envisioned for this machine from the get go.

 

Anyone know what that fenderless red truck is?
I like it.

 

35/36 ford pickup would be my guess

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GOOD! If you keep showing pictures on that bad @as Fiat, I'm gonna end up in BIG trouble with the wife again! I've already thought about buying a glass one for my extra T chassis, and these pics ain't helping none!


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I was wondering if that's what it was, wasn't sure, I like it a lot as well.

What's the engine?

 

Pretty sure it's a small block Chevy.

 

Yeah, Mike, that 4 door T is so cool! Still like your's mo' bettuh!


That maroon '36 pickup came out of Hot Rods by Deans shop. Really clean little pickup.

 

I'll second that!

 

I thought I would add something before I forget it. In all this time with my little car I have never put a tape measure on it to check the wheelbase. Yesterday I was over at my buddy Don Marks' place, and he was complimenting me on the 'Bucket's general appearance, and the question came up "what's the wheelbase"? I should have been able to rattle it off in my sleep, but I just have never had anybody around to hold the tape and I couldn't remember what I figured it for when I built the frame a couple of years ago.... 101", that's the answer.

 

Both sides LOL,just kidding ,but have u put a small peace of angle iron with the point up on your jack head front to back of rod,jacked up dead center of rearend between tires tell ya see rear wheels come off=taking note of witch one comes up first and by how much before other dose=this is how u know four wheel balance of rod,if its too far off being even=bad braking and poor handling in the wet or stones ect,but not something that will show up in reg driving,only when your all ready in trouble Just a tip to anyone that don't know.
There a number of way to adjust this,but depens on types of srings and mounts you have.

 

Yup, both sides! This thing handles straight as a string!

 

Hell Chip answered too quick as I was gonna say no, on Judy's side it is only 80 " because she is shorter then Chip, but, oh well, the thought was there.

 

Holy Hell! 4 days without a post....did hell finally freeze over? Figure I'll post a few pics of a garage find and wake things up!

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